State v. Mathis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Newton Circuit Court . — Eon. F. C. Johnston, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting evidence that tended to show that defendant was conducting a poker game-. Laws 1901, p. 130. “Where a statute enumerates particular classes of persons or things, followed by general words, the general words will be limited in their meaning and restricted in their operations to objects of like kind with those specified.” State v. Schuchmann, 133 Mo.
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Appeal from Newton Circuit Court . — Eon. F. C. Johnston, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting evidence that tended to show that defendant was conducting a poker game-. Laws 1901, p. 130. “Where a statute enumerates particular classes of persons or things, followed by general words, the general words will be limited in their meaning and restricted in their operations to objects of like kind with those specified.” State v. Schuchmann, 133 Mo. Ill; State v. South, 136 Mo. 673. A poker table is not mentioned1 in this section, it is not prohibited by the general provision, for the rule as to…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
At the April term, 1906, of the cir-. cuit court of Newton county, the defendant was convicted of the crime of setting up and keeping divers gaming tables and gambling devices, to-wit, two poker tables and one crap table, which were adapted, devised and designed for the purpose of playing games of chance for money and property. The conviction was under the second count of an indictment charging defendant with said offense, and the punishment assessed was five years in the penitentiary. After filing unsuccessful motions for a new trial and in' arrest of judgment, the defendant appealed.
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